Allowing anyone to get close enough to touch a priceless artifact is just irresponsible. Stuff happens on the best of days and with tourists - especially US tourists - anything is possible. A habit I learned in pain in my childhood was sticking my hands DEEP into my pockets when around things I could not afford to break

We've cast the world, we've set the stage, for what could be, the darkest age...“This is like playing poker with a guy who cheated you twice before. You know who does that, a moron.